Sugar-box.



I. F. THOMAS.

,SUGAR Box. l APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23. |914.

Patelltodenr. 7, 1915.

- 1,15259'92f; 7 'yl vos nfor- :lf-SAILAH FREIDRICK THOMAS, OF'NORRISTOWN', PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR ONE- HALF 'T0 EARL JOHNSON, 0F NORR'ISTOWN, PENQNSYLVANI..

SUGAR-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten sepa s, isis.

Application jled November 23, 1914. fserialNo. 873,574..

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, sAIAH F. THOMAS, a citizen of the United' States, residing at Norristown, in ,the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sugar-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact desugar boxwhich will be constructed in Vsuch manner as to vend or feed out its contents as needed.

The invention has for another `object to provide av device.,of this .character which will be of such construction and operation that the sugar may b'e fed from the same without choking the lower portion of the sugar box on its way to the outlet opening thereof.

The invention has for a still further object to generally improve and simplify the construction and operation of sugar boxes of this character and increase the efficiency thereof, and provide a sugar box which will be of such form as to eliminate the necessity of the sugar being handled by customers and other parties desiring to obtain the saine, thereby providing a sugar box which will be sanitary as well. as highly ef` ficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view as' will become more apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangementof parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my 'iinproved sugar box, partly in section, Fig. 2

is a transverse section, substantiall on the plane of line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section o n the plane of line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates a supporting plate which maybe secured to a wall or other stationary support and is provided with an outwardlydirected lower end to provide a shelf 2 to support a cup or other 'vesselI bel neath Athe depending discharge spout l3 of he sugar box 4 to receive sugar from said supporting plate 1 by suitable clamping The sugar-box 4 is secured against the-v bands 5 positioned transversely across said sugar box and having their opposite ends offset outwardly and secured to .said plate 1, as shown at 6.

It will be understood that the sugarv box 4 has a suitable filling opening? in" its up per end Iwith a cover 8 resting'upon said filling opening 7, the cover Shaving an extended ange 9 for engagement vupon the. inwardly directed shoulder. l0 around the" edge of sai-iid opening 7, the cover Bf being preferably'ush with .the upper face of the sufrar box 4 t will further be understood that the' discharge spout 3 is of substantially circular form in transverse sectionv 'and is con-f nected with the main portion or body :of the bor: 1 by inclined walls 11 connectingthe sides and ends of said discharge spout 3 with the sides and ends of the sugar box 4, and as one of the straps 5 is positioned across the inclined walls 11, downwardly movem nt of the box l upon the supporting 'plate lwill be prevente Exte ded longitudinally through the cen ter of he discharge spout 3 is a shaft 12 which has its opposite ends mounted in snitable bearings 13 at the opposite sides of the. supporting plate 1 and one end of said shaft 12 is extended and bent at right angles, as

shown at. 14, and a handle 15 is secured to said end 14, whereby said'shaft 12 may be readily rotated to revolve within the discharge spout 3, the feeding platesA 16 which project radially from the sleeve 17 mounted upon the portion of the shaft 12 within said discharge spout 3. The feeding plates 16 are positioned at equal distances and while I have shown four of such plates, it will be understood that any suitable number of plates may be provided and as the shaft 12 is rotated the sugar will drop to'position between two of the feeding plates 16 and be carried by the same around one side-of the discharge spout 3 and deposited the ves- I sel positioned beneath said discharge spout 3, it being understood that the sugar is held against .displacement during its movement through the discharge spout 3, owing to the fast that the feeding plates l@ are extended from end to end of the discharge spout 3.

positioned adjaof said discharge the free extremity of the inner turned or curved end 24 of said agitating shaft 20 may be'positioned above the discharge pipe 3 to agitate the sugar within the sugar box 4 as the shaft l2 is rotated and revolves the agitating shaft 20 to turn or swing around the bent or curved inner end Qd of said agitating ,shaft 20, thereby preventing the sugar from becoming wedged in the down-l wardly tapering lower end of the box 4 and caught against the inclined walls ll.

While I have shown anddescribed the preferred embodiment Lof my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed or sacricing any of the advantages thereof.

What is claimed is g A sugar box including a supporting plate, a box body mounted upon said supporting plate, means for securing said body in position, said bodyI having a filling opening, means for closing said filling opening, a discharge spout, inclined walls connecting the discharge spout with the body of the box, said plate having a shelf projecting outwardly beneath the discharge spout, a shaft extended longitudinally through said discharge spout, a sleeve mounted upon said shaft, feeding blades projecting` radially from said sleeve to feed out a predetermined quantity of the contents of the box body,

means for rotating said shaft, means for',

supporting said shaft, an agitating `shaft positioned at an angle to the first mentioned shaft and extended 'through one of the clined Walls, the inner end of said shaft being turned, a ball mounted upon the inner extremity of said agitating shaft, and operable 'connections between the first mentioned shaft and the agitating shaft to revolve the latter upon rotation of said first mentioned shaft.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ISAIAH FREDRICK THUMS.

Witnesses EARL W. JOHNSON, ESTHER G. JoHNsoN. 

